Anonymous Folles, time of Basil II & Constantine VIII, circa 976-1025. Follis (Bronze, 36 mm, 18.42 g, 7 h), Constantinopolis. +ЄMMANOVHΛ Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. +IҺSЧS / XRISTЧS / bASILЄЧ / bΑSILЄ in four lines; above and below, geometric ornament. DOC Class A2. SB 1813. Struck somewhat off center and with a flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Geiger, privately acquired from the famous architect and numismatist Dr. Franz Füeg (1921-2019) on 31 January 1995.